Spurned lover, 2 others arrested in assault-for-hire

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Juvenal Corvelo, 38, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

Juvenal Corvelo, 38, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

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Paul Fagundes, 40, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

Paul Fagundes, 40, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

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Nicole Garcia, 20, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

Nicole Garcia, 20, of San Jose, was arrested on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.

Spurned lover, 2 others arrested in assault-for-hire

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Three people were arrested after a woman was stabbed in Fremont this week, and investigators say her ex-boyfriend hired two people to attack her.

Fremont police responded to reports of a stabbing at a home on the 37000 block of Fremont Boulevard about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

According to the victim, a female suspect — described as wearing distinctive glasses and having a neck tattoo — knocked on the door and stabbed her in the stomach. After being stabbed, the victim, a 34-year-old woman, slammed the suspect’s hand in the door, causing her to drop the 3-inch, red-and-black knife used in the attack. The victim’s children, who were in the room during the stabbing, called police.

The victim told police that she had never seen the suspect but she believed the assault could have been initiated by 40-year-old Paul Fagundes, with whom she had a previous relationship.

Investigators began reviewing footage from a nearby surveillance camera and identified a vehicle registered to Juvenal Corvelo, 38, of San Jose, circling the residence around the time of the attack. The investigation revealed that Corvelo was a close friend and business partner of Fagundes’, police said.

Fremont police discovered that Corvelo had an associate, 20-year-old Nicole Garcia, who fit the description of the stabbing suspect and had both distinctive glasses and a neck tattoo. Beyond that, San Jose police had come into contact with her in June and she had been in possession of a similar knife to the one used in the attack, according to police.

Corvelo and Garcia were arrested Wednesday for their roles in the attack and Fagundes was brought in for questioning before being arrested later in the evening. While being interviewed, the three suspects admitted their involvement in the plot, in which Fagundes allegedly paid Corvelo an undisclosed amount to “beat up” the victim, police said.

Corvelo acted as the getaway driver and enlisted Garcia to carry out the attack, police said, and he paid her a share of the money.

All three were being held on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy.